1 | The Military & Veteran Affairs Committee recommends the |
2 | following: |
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4 | Council/Committee Substitute |
5 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
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7 | A bill to be entitled |
8 | An act relating to recreational licenses and permits; |
9 | amending s. 372.57, F.S.; providing for a military gold |
10 | sportsman's license; providing for an annual fee; |
11 | providing authorizations allowed under license; providing |
12 | eligibility requirements; amending ss. 372.5712, 372.5715, |
13 | and 372.573, F.S.; providing for uses of specified pro |
14 | rata portions of revenue generated from the military gold |
15 | sportsman's license; amending s. 372.661, F.S.; exempting |
16 | patrons of licensed hunting preserves from the license and |
17 | permit requirements of the military gold sportsman's |
18 | license while hunting on the licensed preserve property; |
19 | providing an effective date. |
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21 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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23 | Section 1. Paragraph (j) is added to subsection (4) of |
24 | section 372.57, Florida Statutes, to read: |
25 | 372.57 Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization |
26 | numbers; fees established.-- |
27 | (4) RESIDENT HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES.--The licenses |
28 | and fees for residents participating in hunting and fishing |
29 | activities in this state are as follows: |
30 | (j) Annual military gold sportsman's license, $18.50. The |
31 | gold sportsman's license authorizes the person to whom it is |
32 | issued to take freshwater fish, saltwater fish, and game, |
33 | subject to the state and federal laws, rules, and regulations, |
34 | including rules of the commission, in effect at the time of |
35 | taking. Other authorized activities include activities |
36 | authorized by a management area permit, a muzzle-loading gun |
37 | permit, a turkey permit, a Florida waterfowl permit, an archery |
38 | permit, a snook permit, and a crawfish permit. Any resident who |
39 | is an active or retired member of the United States Armed |
40 | Forces, the United States Armed Forces Reserve, the National |
41 | Guard, the United States Coast Guard, or the United States Coast |
42 | Guard Reserve is eligible to purchase the military gold |
43 | sportsman's license upon submission of a current military |
44 | identification card. |
45 | Section 2. Section 372.5712, Florida Statutes, is amended |
46 | to read: |
47 | 372.5712 Florida waterfowl permit revenues.-- |
48 | (1) The commission shall expend the revenues generated |
49 | from the sale of the Florida waterfowl permit as provided in s. |
50 | 372.57(8)(a) or that pro rata portion of any license that |
51 | includes waterfowl hunting privileges, as provided in s. |
52 | 372.57(4)(h), and (i), and (j) and (9)(a)3. as follows: A |
53 | maximum of 5 percent of the gross revenues shall be expended for |
54 | administrative costs; a maximum of 25 percent of the gross |
55 | revenues shall be expended for waterfowl research approved by |
56 | the commission; and a maximum of 70 percent of the gross |
57 | revenues shall be expended for projects approved by the |
58 | commission, in consultation with the Waterfowl Advisory Council, |
59 | for the purpose of protecting and propagating migratory |
60 | waterfowl and for the development, restoration, maintenance, and |
61 | preservation of wetlands within the state. |
62 | (2) The intent of this section is to expand waterfowl |
63 | research and management and increase waterfowl populations in |
64 | the state without detracting from other programs. The commission |
65 | shall prepare an annual report documenting the use of funds |
66 | generated under the provisions of this section, to be submitted |
67 | to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, |
68 | and the President of the Senate on or before September 1 of each |
69 | year. |
70 | Section 3. Section 372.5715, Florida Statutes, is amended |
71 | to read: |
72 | 372.5715 Florida wild turkey permit revenues.-- |
73 | (1) The commission shall expend the revenues generated |
74 | from the sale of the turkey permit as provided for in s. |
75 | 372.57(8)(b) or that pro rata portion of any license that |
76 | includes turkey hunting privileges as provided for in s. |
77 | 372.57(4)(h), and (i), and (j) for research and management of |
78 | wild turkeys. |
79 | (2) The intent of this section is to expand wild turkey |
80 | research and management and to increase wild turkey populations |
81 | in the state without detracting from other programs. The |
82 | commission shall prepare an annual report documenting the use of |
83 | funds generated under the provisions of this section, to be |
84 | submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of |
85 | Representatives, and the President of the Senate on or before |
86 | September 1 of each year. |
87 | Section 4. Section 372.573, Florida Statutes, is amended |
88 | to read: |
89 | 372.573 Management area permit revenues.--The commission |
90 | shall expend the revenue generated from the sale of the |
91 | management area permit as provided for in s. 372.57(8)(h) or |
92 | that pro rata portion of any license that includes management |
93 | area privileges as provided for in s. 372.57(4)(h), and (i), and |
94 | (j) for the lease, management, and protection of lands for |
95 | public hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreation. |
96 | Section 5. Section 372.661, Florida Statutes, is amended |
97 | to read: |
98 | 372.661 Private hunting preserve license fees; |
99 | exception.-- |
100 | (1) Any person who operates a private hunting preserve |
101 | commercially or otherwise shall be required to pay a license fee |
102 | of $70 for each such preserve; provided, however, that during |
103 | the open season established for wild game of any species a |
104 | private individual may take artificially propagated game of such |
105 | species up to the bag limit prescribed for the particular |
106 | species without being required to pay the license fee required |
107 | by this section; provided further that if any such individual |
108 | shall charge a fee for taking such game she or he shall be |
109 | required to pay the license fee required by this section and to |
110 | comply with the rules of the commission relative to the |
111 | operation of private hunting preserves. |
112 | (2) A commercial hunting preserve license, which shall |
113 | exempt patrons of licensed preserves from the license and permit |
114 | requirements of s. 372.57(4)(c), (d), (f), (h), and (i), and |
115 | (j); (5)(f) and (g); (8)(a), (b), (e), and (f); (9)(a)2.; (11); |
116 | and (12) while hunting on the licensed preserve property, shall |
117 | be $500. Such commercial hunting preserve license shall be |
118 | available only to those private hunting preserves licensed |
119 | pursuant to this section which are operated exclusively for |
120 | commercial purposes, which are open to the public, and for which |
121 | a uniform fee is charged to patrons for hunting privileges. |
122 | Section 6. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |